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BHUBANESWAR: A letter from state election commissioner Ajit Tripathy has put a question mark over the proposed gymnasium at Biju Patnaik Park here. He has asked the Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) to stop the construction work and shift the project elsewhere.

BHUBANESWAR: The commercial rents are hovering around Rs 100 per sq ft even in the posh localities like Janapath, said Sanjay Kumar Jha, Secretary of Real Estate Developers Association of Odisha (REDA). Forum Mart, BMC Bhawani Mall, Pantaloons Mall, Idco Towers, and Fortune Towers are some of the prominent commercial properties in the city.

BHUBANESWAR: With International Day for Persons with Disabilities being observed on December 3, citizens' groups and experts have advocated barrier-free access facilities for disabled persons at public buildings like offices, shopping malls, healthcare institutions, banks, community and religious institutions in the city.

BHUBANESWAR: Like Seashore case, the Commissionerate Police may also urge the State Government for liquidation of Artha Tatwa (AT) company’s properties in order to refund duped investors’ money according to the Odisha Protection of Interests of Depositors (in Financial Establishments) Act, 2011, sources said.

BHUBANESWAR: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the State Crime Branch on Monday proposed to the State Government for liquidation of the Seashore Group’s properties in order to refund duped investors’ money according to the Odisha Protection of Interests of Depositors (in Financial Establishments) Act, 2011.

BHUBANESWAR: At a time when the majority of builders in the city are concentrating on creation of low cost houses to overcome the sluggish market, some prominent ones are coming up with luxury penthouses with price tag of above Rs 1 crore.

BHUBANESWAR: Scores of investors, duped by several chit fund companies in Odisha, took to the streets here on Wednesday, protesting against the lackadaisical attitude of the government in refunding their imoney.

BHUBANESWAR: The much awaited Odisha Protection of Interests of Depositors (in financial establishment) Bill, 2011 becomes an Act with President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday giving his assent to it. The Act comes into force with immediate effect, enabling the State Government to act tough against the malpractices of the fraudulent financial institutions and recover the money of the depositors.

BHUBANESWAR: Commissionerate Police Thursday arrested realtor and film producer Ratikant Kanungo on charge of duping investors and collecting lakhs of rupees from them promis­ing land on the city outskirts.

BHUBANESWAR: Investors across the State duped by financial institutions staged a massive rally at the PMG Square here on Wednesday demanding recovery of their money deposited with the fraudulent companies.

CUTTACK: Acting on the petition filed by Seashore group of companies seeking defreezing of its bank accounts, Orissa High Court Tuesday served notices on the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), state government , crime branch (CB) of the state police and others to respond in this connection.

BHUBANESWAR: Seashore Group CMD Prashant Kumar Dash was on Friday produced before the Nabarangapur Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM) Court here for his alleged fraudulent activities and embezzlement of money through Seemanchal Multi Purpose Cooperative Ltd in the periphery of Nabarangpur.

BHUBANESWAR: The All India Rahul Gandhi Brigade State unit on Monday staged a demonstration in front of the State Assembly and submitted a memorandum to the Governor demanding a CBI probe into the chit fund scams in the State.

BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha High Court on Monday asked chit fund Company Green Ray International to provide it the details of all investors who have deposited money with the company mentioning about the amounts they have invested and the amounts they are likely to get back after maturity of their terms.

BHUBANESWAR: In the wake of the large-scale chit fund scams by various fraudulent agencies and organisations in the State, the Vandemataram group on Tuesday staged a street play here at the Master Canteen Square appealing to the people not to go by the tall promises of the chit fund companies and save their money in legal agencies following proper verification.

BHUBANESWAR: The ruling BJD announcing a Rs 300 crore corpus fund to help victims of the mega chit fund scam has raised several eyebrows, with the opposition dubbing it as an 'election gimmick' and reiterating its demand for a CBI probe to unravel the truth.

BHUBANESWAR: Police on Wednesday filed preliminary chargesheet in a trial court here against Artha Tatwa (AT) Group CMD Pradeep Sethy and six others accusing them of embezzling public deposits worth crores of rupees. The development came a day after the state government announced Rs 300-crore corpus fund for victims of various chit fund companies.

BHUBANESWAR: Taking a cue from West Bengal, chief minister NaveenPatnaik on Tuesday announced Rs 300 crore corpus fund for victims of the multi-crore chit fund scam. "Under no circumstance will my government allow genuine investors to suffer. We are putting in place a strong legal and financial arrangement so that people do not suffer undue loss," the CM said in a statement.